Recall Alert: Simplicity Drop Side Crib

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a recall alert for the Simplicity Drop Side Crib.

Sections of the plastic hardware can break creating a space between the mattress and the and the hinged drop side of the crib. There is a risk of suffocation and or other injuries.

This recall follows a similar one on Simplicity cribs issued in 2007. The products were manufactued in China for distribution in US Depatment stores.

An eight month old baby in Houston, TX was trapped by the defective product and suffocated. There have been twenty five other reported injuries, but no other fatalities. The The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that over 400, 000 units have been sold in the Us from 2005 to 2009. Some News agencies claim as many as a million such products may have been sold.


The CPSC recommends that you immediately cease using the crib. You can return the product to the place of purchase for a replacement crib, store credit, or refund as per each retailers policy.

Visit the Government's official recall website at: http://www.recalls.gov/

Alternately visit the page regarding the crib specifically: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09260.html

Consider signing up for their E-mail notification: http://www.recalls.gov/list.html